It can be extremely isolating to be at work while privately dealing with a
mental health issue, afraid of being found out, but desperately wanting support.
You might have an MBA from Wharton and a law degree from Harvard, but if you are
a stress case your peers and colleagues will not notice your credentials;
they’ll only notice your stressed-out behavior.
We arrive at every scenario in life with a subjective lens through which we interpret the world. When you think about it, it’s surprising we mutually share the same perspective with others as much as we do!
Sometimes, teams gain their strength by being greater than the sum of their individual members. But group dynamics and social influence can cause far more problems than they solve.
From a leader’s perspective, there is one universal truth: leaders love employees who make their lives easier. It makes the employee’s life easier too.
Our brain struggles to distinguish between immediate physical threats and more abstract ones, like election uncertainty, keeping us in a prolonged state of anxiety.